San Francisco By Balloons (1901)

A "Balloon Project" from over 100 years ago.

This manned hydrogen filled balloon took off from Market and 11th (South Van Ness today). At 0:25 you see a row of houses built in 1860. At 0:48 seconds you see Van Ness and Hayes. At 1:19 you can just slightly see Angel Island in the bay. At 1:31 is Lafayette Park. At 1:45 you see St. Ignatius Church (USF). At 1:56 you (don't) see City Hall (cause it wasn't built yet). At 2:16 you see Hayes Valley root tops.

This was a popular tourist attraction back then. A few weeks before this video was shot one of them carrying a bunch of people broke loose and traveled 50 miles before coming down.

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[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

this is really cool!

[owlphanumeric]

wow, isn't that beautiful?

[UnclePea]

They didn't shoot video in 1901. Remember the term 'movie'?

[surfingduck]

This was a cool find.  Looks like you're keeping up a SF tradition....

[citizenstand]

yeah i feel the eeriness too

[somnombulist]

this is really beautiful, a little eerie..

[sanjuacharya]

Whoa.

[kenrg]

Very cool footage!

[irabnut]

that's what i thought

[goodwilltx]

Nice.